Interface Changes for Stress Feedback from Ansys Mechanical to HFSS

When used through the Workbench for stress feedback projects, the HFSS interface contains some commands and information that do not appear in standalone HFSS.

Deformation of Objects dialog

Solution Profile information for Solve with Displacement Feedback

Plot Fields Menu with Displacement and Mag_Displacement

Deformation Scale tab for Modify Plot Attributes

Revert to Zero Displacement command under the Solve Setup menus

Fields Calculator Field Quantities for Stress Feedback Projects

Plot Fields Context Menu for Stress Feedback Projects

Modify Plot Attributes Dialog for Stress Feedback Projects

Deformation of Objects Dialog

When working with HFSS through Ansys Workbench, the HFSS menu for Driven and Eigenmode projects includes a Deformation of Objects command that opens this dialog for specifying which objects shall be deformation dependent.

Deformation of Objects Dialog

The Enable Stress Feedback check box enables object selection. All selections are disabled when this is unchecked. Changing the setting invalidates any existing solutions.

The objects listed do not include objects without materials assigned, non-model objects, or non-3D objects. Objects assigned materials such as air or vacuum are not deformed and don't apply to stress feedback.

Solution Profile with Displacement Feedback

The Solution Profile includes a report of Solve with thermal/displacement feedback, including information Maximum Delta T and Maximum Delta Displacement.

Plot Fields Menu with Displacement and Mag_Displacement

The Plot Fields menu includes entries for displacement and mag_displacement.
Plot Fields Menu > Other > Temperature, Displacement, and Mag_Displacement highlighted.

Fields Calculator Field Quantities for Stress Feedback Projects

The Quantity menu for the Fields Calculator lists Displacement for Stress Feedback projects.

Quantity Menu

Plot Fields Context Menu for Stress Feedback Projects

The Plot Fields>Other menu includes Displacement_vector and Mag_Displacement, a scalar. A field plot remains empty until the displacement data applies to the HFSS solution.

Plot Fields > Other menu

Modify Plot Attributes Dialog for Stress Feedback Projects

When an HFSS plot includes deformation, the HFSS>Fields>Modify Plot Attributes dialog includes a tab for scaling the deformation. If you check Scale Deformation, you can also select Show Outline.

Modify Plot Attributes dialog. Deformation Scale tab.